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Last updated on 2025-10-01.

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Nirel Berz

Education professional skilled in program evaluation, data wrangling, visualization, and student success analytics seeking data analyst roles

Education

M.S. Program Evaluation and Data Analytics

Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University

25-Dec - 25-Jan

  • Completing coursework in Multiple Regression, Research Design, Data Programming, and Project Management

B.A. Modern Literature (Minor Education)

Santa Cruz, CA

University of California Santa Cruz

17-Jun - 13-Sep

  • Thesis: Political Polarization and Social Media; Completed coursework in Cognition and Instruction, Student Assessment, and Curriculum Design

Selected Positions

Academic Success Advisor

Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University

Present - 5-Jul

  • Advised approximately 450 students with proactive, data-driven planning.
  • Built Excel tools to streamline audits and degree tracking
  • Trained new advisors on PeopleSoft & Salesforce and communicated complex university processes with a variety of stakeholders.

WPC 101 Instructor

Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University

Present - 2025

  • Facilitated first-year course to help students explore student success and academic/career goals.

Library Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University

2022

  • Hired, trained, and supervised a team of 20 staff members on a variety of tools including Interlibrary Loan, Polaris, WorldCat, WorkDay and CRM.

Senior Site Coordinator

Oakland, CA

Reading Partners Bay Area

2021 - 2020

  • Trained, scheduled and mentored volunteer tutors at an elementary school reading center
  • Maintained student data across intake, progress monitoring, and stakeholder reporting to ensure accuracy and timely updates.

Literacy Lead

Oakland, CA

Reading Partners Bay Area

2020 - 2019

  • Partnered with teachers, families, and staff to deliver IEPs and individualized reading curriculum enabling 100% of students to show improved reading competency.

Research Assistant

Santa Cruz, CA

TextProject

2018 - 2016

  • Cleaned and analyzed hundreds of grade-level texts to build a readability framework (consonant clusters, word length, vocabulary complexity) that guided evidence-based classroom materials and improved student literacy outcomes.